Fishing Techniques
Fishing method in which vessels tow a funnel-shaped net held open at the mouth by doors along the seafloor.
What is trawl fishing or trawling?
When fishing techniques catch fish species that are not the target catch.
What is bycatch
The percentage of imported seafood in the USA that is inspected.
What is 0.1%
Fishing is made less sustainable when the government provides these for fishermen.
What are subsidies?
$1.90
What is the criteria for poverty at the international level?
Method of fishing that uses a main line that has thousands of baited hooks hanging off of it.
What is longlining?
Meeting present needs of today’s population without compromising the needs of future generations (fish for today and tomorrow)
What is sustainable?
This type of fish makes up the majority of the worlds catch.
What are small pelagic fish?
The value of the largest positive difference between total revenue and total costs of fishing is known as this.
What is Maximum economic yield?
True or False
The Tragedy of the Commons is inevitable for all shared resources.
False
Commercial fishing that uses a wall of netting that hangs in the water column, typically made of monofilament or multifilament nylon. ... Mesh sizes are designed to allow fish to get only their head through the netting but not their body.
What is gillnetting?
The portion of the catch that is harvested for personal use or sold.
What are landings?
This is the most important aspect of seafood safety, and quality.
What is temperature?
The _____ is always to the left of the MSY line on a yield and cost versus fishing effort graph.
What is the MEY line?
As fish stocks diminish, this group of artisianal fishers is particularly vulnerable
Who are small-scale fishers?
Considered to be the most sustainable form of commercial fishing.
What is a Floating Fish Trap?
These areas of the ocean produce the highest volumes of fish catch.
What are upwelling areas?
True or False
The Voluntary Guidelines for the Small Scale Sustainable Fisheries proposed by FAO are based on International human rights.
True
True or False
Tariffs imposed on President Trump in 2018 lead to huge economic burden for Maine lobstermen.
What is true?
Indonesia has reduced illegal fishing by 25% using this solutions.
What is blowing up boats?
This method of fishing involves a bowl shaped net which has a line made from steel wire or rope which allows for the gathering of the net.
What is purse-seine fishing?
Fishing at an exploitation rate or at an age at entry that reduces potential yields from a cohort but does not reduce reproductive output.
What is Growth Overfishing?
HACCP stands for what international food safety standard.
(Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point)
This creates livelihoods for tens of millions of people and feeds billions by tapping the world’s last major source of wild protein.
What is the seafood supply chain?
This practice is the key to identifying product origins and the chain of custody of products.
What is seafood traceability?